He had escaped Juba, the capital, and gone up-country, into the home territory of his fellow Nuer people. The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, had accused Machar—a longtime ally turned ...

Recent experience in southern Sudan has demonstrated that the fighting now in progress will provoke a new humanitarian disaster, unless immediately checked. The Nuer are already conducting inter ...

Clashes have killed 56 people during four days of fighting in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state, after youth from the Nuer community attacked another ethnic group, a local official said on ...

South Sudan, newly independent, continues violent clashes between the Murle and the Lou Nuer tribes over cattle. Child abduction is a byproduct, and on the rise. Eleven-year-old Kakayo is among ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the country's army chief after seven months in the post and named a replacement, according to an announcement on state radio. No reason was given for the ...

In 1998, South Sudan – then still part of Sudan – had a terrible famine that was also a product of fighting and ensuing human rights violations. Fighting between Dinka and Nuer in the early ...

The president of South Sudan Salva Kiir has dismissed the army chief after seven ... an ethnic militia primarily made up of Nuer youths, which has led to the latest political turmoil in the country.

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan's army clashed Sunday with ethnic Nuer fighters, and government officials accused rebels of mobilizing the force despite the government's offer of a truce to end ...

Colorado State sophomores Buom Jock (8) and Nuer Gatkouh (9) pose for a picture with the South Sudan flag. The two players have a shared heritage as descendants of the Nuer tribe, the second ...

The Nuer are a large pastoralist community living in western Ethiopia and South Sudan in east Africa. They rely on livestock keeping and have special beliefs and customs about how to live with ...